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GAME

Filed Dec. 4, 1929 3 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR ATTORNEY 1934- B. o.MATTSON 1,970,466

GAME

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ATTORNEY Aug. 14, 1934.

B. o. MATTSON 1,970,466

GAME I Filed Deb. 4, 1929 s Sheets-Sheet 5 wrmamazzmkz, J 6. INVENTOR ATORNEY Patented Aug. 14, 1934 GAME Bernard 0. Mattson, Detroit, Mich.Application lllnecemlier 4, 1929, Serial No. 411,577

1 Claim. (01. 273101) This invention relates to games and apparatustherefor and. which embodies as its principal characteristic thesimulating of a bombing plane in operation.

Another object of the invention consists of a mounting for the planewhereby the latter may pursue a course under its own power;

An additional object of the invention contemplates the provision andarrangement of a game board'having objects thereon in the nature ofbattleships, fortifications, ammunition dumps, air domes, and the likeand upon which aerial projectiles carried by the bomber are designed todrop.

A further object of the invention comprises-the arrangement of releasemechanisms within the bomber for the projectiles.

More specifically stated the supporting apparatus and game board areprovided with electrically operated means to selectively actuate therelease mechanisms.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention further consistsof the following novel features and details of construction, to behereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 taken at right angles thereto.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a detail sectional view taken throng the projectilereleasing mechanism.

vFigure 5 is a top plan view of the projectile releasing mechanism.

Figure 6 is a bottom plan view of the bombing plane.

Referring to the drawings in detail wherein like characters of referencedenote corresponding parts, the reference character 10 indicates atubular standard having a floor flange 11 carried upon the lowermost endthereof and secured to the upper side and centrally of a game board 12.A four-way coupling, such as indicated at 13, car- .ried upon theuppermost end of the tubular standard 10 carries a stub shaft 14 axiallyaligned with that of the tubular standard 10 and is connected terminallythereof with a floor flange or other suitable form of support, indicatedas at 15, and which is preferably secured to the ceiling, fioor beam orother suitable elevated support. A cross arm 16, outwardly andhorizontally projected from one of the side outlet sleeve couplings ofthe four-way coupling 13, carries an elbow fitting 1'7 supporting adepending arm 18. The latter mentioned arm is connected in any suitableor desired manner with the upper smface of the plane fuselage. A shortcross arm 19 carried by and extended from the remaining sleeve of thefour-way coupling 13 is engaged with an appropriate portion of a guywire or stiffening brace 20 having connection at its ends with a tubularstandard 10 and the stub shaft 14.

The bombing plane, indicated as at 21, is provided with a multiplicityof vertically disposed guide sleeves 22 arranged in the formation of anarc, as substantiated from the illustration of my 7 invention in Figure6 of the drawings and in conformity to the margin or periphery of thegame board 12 whereby the bombs, darts or other forms of projectiles tobe employed may be skillfully dropped upon their objective.

The release mechanisms alluded to in the foregoing corresponding innumber to the number of darts, bombs or projectiles and the number or"objectives upon the face of the game board are composed of U-shapedframe members 23 suitably arranged within the plane fuselage inhorizontal positions and which have supported thereon electromagnets 24.Movable arms 25 for each of the release mechanisms are swingably mountedfrom spring plates 26 upon the U-shaped brackets 23 and reduced, as at27, at their opposite ends for reception within cut-out portions in theguide sleeves 22 and correspondingly shaped circumferential grooves 28in the upper ends of shaft members 29 supporting the projectiles, bombsand the like and which in this instance are preferably in the nature ofdarts, indicated as at 30. The reduced extensions or portions 27 of thevibrator arms 25 are normally sprung within the portions removed in theguide sleeves 22 and the circumferential grooves 28 in the shafts 29 inthe manner shown in Figure 5 of the drawings. A drum 31 carried upon thetubular standard 10 and rotatable therewith is provided with amultiplicity v of spaced contacts 32 arranged at different heights andpositions thereon. The drum 31 is fixed to the shaft 10 and consequentlyrotates with the said shaft and the parts mounted thereon.

A supporting arm 33, preferably composed of insulating material carriesa multiplicity of spring contact arms 34 sprung at their opposite endsagainst the outer surface of the drum 31 for selective periodiccontacting engagement with the contacts 32. Annular contacts 35, 36 and37 exposed circumferentially thereof upon the outer surfaces of the drum31 are in constant contacting engagement with spring contact arms 38, 39and 40 respectively, these being mounted, after the manner of the springcontact arms 34, upon the support 33.

As evidenced from the illustration of my invention in Figure 1 of thedrawings, an electric motor 41 shown in dotted lines, carries apropeller 42 upon the outwardly projecting end of the armature shafttherefor and is operated through lead wires having connection with theannular or continuous contact members 36 and 37 and the spring contactfingers 39 and 4G therefor and through conductors 43 and A with aprimary circuit of the ordinary house current voltage.

The motor 41 is operated directly from the supply line, as abovedescribed, but the dart releasing magnets 24 are energized from thesecondary of a step-down transformer 45 whose primary is connectedacross the supply line 43-44 and whose secondary is connected, oneterminal to the contact 38 by a conductor 47 and the other terminal toone contact of each of the push switches 48. The remaining terminals ofeach of the push switches 48 are connected by conductors 49, one eachwith one of the contacts 34. The contacts 32 on the drum 31 areconnected one each with one terminal of each of the magnets 24, theconductors effecting this connection being housed in the standard 1 Theremaining terminals of the magnets 24 are grounded to the fuselage 2iand therefore are in electrical contact with the standard 10. Aconductor connectingwith the contact ring is run through thestandard andgrounded to the same as indicated at 50.

For the sake of clarity and to avoid confusion, but one of the pushbuttons 48 is connected in to one of the contacts 34 but, as aboveexplained, there is a push button for each contact 34 and one terminalof the same is connected with that contact.

lhe standard is mounted for rotary movement and when the circuit on theconductors 43-44is closed, as may be done by means of a convenientlypositioned switch, current passes over one of the conductors, sayconductor 43, to the contact 39, thence to the contact ring 36, thenceto the motor 41, thence back to the contact ring 37, contact andconductor 44 to the source. The motor 41 is thus energized and, having adriving connection with the propeller 42, rotates the same. Since thestandard 18 is mounted for rotary movement, the fuselage may then rotatein an orbital path around the standard as a center but at the same timerotates the same and with it the drum 31 whose contacts 32 successivelypass under the contact fingers 34. When one of the switches 48 isdepressed, the circuit is closed on the release magnet 24 connected withthat push button, current passing from the secondary of the transformerover the conductor 46 to the push button afiected, thence over theconductor 49 to the connected contact 34, thence to the contact 32 whichthat contact engages, thence to the connected magnet 24, thence to theframe by reason of the grounding of the magnet, thence to the groundconnection 50, thence back to the contact ring 35, returning to thetransformer over the conductor 47. Thus, it will be seen that eachmagnet 24 is under control of its associated switch button and willfunction to release the associated dart when the associated contacts 32and 34 are engaged in the rotation of the drum.

When the signal is given the players or par.- ticipants watch thecontacts upon the outer surface of the drum 31 operating in line withthe contact finger therefor and will try to close the circuittherebetween, upon the occasion of depressing the push button switch,and release the bomb or projectile in time to facilitate hitting of theobjective. If the circuit is not closed at the proper time, that is,either early or late the bomb 'or projectile will hit either behind orin advance of the particular objective and will not count in the scoringwhich is to be calculated only for direct hits and the particularlocation of each hit upon the form of objective. For instance a numeralof increased value would be arranged in the middle of the objective andsmaller numerals or value legends would be arranged upon opposite sidesthereof.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportionsand minor details of construction, and the right is herein reserved tomake such changes as properly fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having described the invention, what is claimed Apparatus for thepurpose indicated comprising a vertical standard, an aerial body havingmeans connecting it with the standard to restrict the body to orbitalmovement about the standard, a propeller mounted on the aerial body, amotor carried within the aerial body and driving the propeller, so thatthe orbital movement of the body is due solely to the operation of thepropeller, conducting wires extending through the standard to the motor,a series of projectiles carried by the aerial body, means for releasablyretaining said projectiles in position, a plurality of targets locatedbelow the aerial body in a circular series corresponding to the path ofmovement of the aerial body, means for releasing each of the projectilesand comprising a plurality of switches of which each has an operativeconnection for releasing the projectile retaining means, the standardbeing provided with a drum carrying a series of contacts arrangedspirally therearound and electrically connected each to one of theprojectile retaining means, a supporting arm mounted adjacent thestandard, fingers carried by said supporting arm and bearing upon saiddrum, said fingers being insulated from each other and said switchesbeing connected one to each of said fingers.

BERNARD O. MATTSON.

